Seneca on Moderation

What is moderation? Simple on the outside, this perennial question has infinite depth, and it’s up to us how deep we want to dive into finding its true meaning. In the age of smartphones, digital advertising, and invisible tracking systems that know intimate details of our online activities, it becomes harder and harder to resist … Read more

Richard Koch on 10 Golden Rules of Career Success

The 80/20 principle states that 80% of our best results stem from a mere 20% of our efforts, asserting an unequal relationship between inputs and outputs. The 80/20 book shows how this distribution can benefit your life if applied to your career. The book’s author, Richard Koch, writes that this principle can help you find … Read more

Francine Prose on Reading Like a Writer

. I started my very first WordPress blog because I wanted to share what I knew with others. It was an attempt at carving up my own corner of the Internet, where I could meet like-minded people. It wasn’t an attempt at becoming a better writer. Yet a decade and several selves later, that’s exactly … Read more

Mortimer Adler on Play vs. Leisure

. When asked about their day, average Americans say, “I devote eight hours to sleep, eight hours to work, and I have eight hours … left over for free time.” So writes Mortimer J. Adler in his book “How to Think About the Great Ideas.” Then he adds, “And the average American today would [also] … Read more